2020

I usually start practicing piano without my hearing aids. At first I still hear the music in my head, but after a while I'm more aware of the choreography, how it feels like I'm dancing in my hands. By focusing on a physical experience…

Ein erstickender Tod in einem Zentrum für Menschen mit Behinderungen im Südosten von Arkansas folgte drei weiteren Vorfällen, bei denen Bewohner staatlicher Zentren Batterien, Markierungskappen und andere Haushaltsgegenstände…

Two senators urge privatized housing companies to provide detailed information on their treatment of military families with disabled members who require accessible housing. Some private companies that have worked with the…

A hurtful look, a too small corridor: the harsh reality of how a lack of awareness affects the disabled community. One day, Shamma Al-Hammad, mother of Ahmed, now 13, took her son to the mall to play in the ball pit with other children his…

With at least two COVID-19 vaccines recently approved by the FDA - and given different views on who can or wants to get them in the coming months - employers are now considering whether and to what extent they will get vaccinations for…

Johnson's lawyers argued in their motion on Wednesday: “For seventeen years Have not executed or executed any death row inmate, including Mr. Johnson. The defendants cannot now credibly claim that their interests in finality or speedy…

LAWRENCE - Judith Heumann, an advocate for lifelong disability and former special advisor to former President Barack Obama and the World Bank, is with the University of Kansas to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Disabled Americans…

The new Biden administration has put forward a number of proposals to assist beneficiaries with Social Security Disabilities and Additional Security Income (SSI) who are voluntarily trying to re-enter the world of work. Both Republicans…

My child's daycare center had to be closed for a month due to exposure to COVID-19. I took time off to take care of my four year old. When I got back to work, my employees treated me differently. You know what happened at my child's day…

GREENWICH - Due to a lack of accessibility at Old Greenwich School, the US Department of Education's Civil Rights Bureau is investigating Greenwich Public Schools for possible discrimination based on disability.…